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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1869.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of August, 1869.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Electric Tele-
graph Act, 1865," the Governor of New Zealand is
empowered to establish lines of electric telegraph,
and to purchase any lines of electric telegraph then
existing: And whereas by the said Act it is amongst
other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, to make regulations
for the transmission and delivery of all despatches,
messages, and communications by means of any such
line, and in like manner to fix and determine the fees,
rates, or dues to be demanded and received for the
transmission of any such despatch, message, or com-
munication, and for the delivery thereof respectively,
and the modes and times of payment; and to regu-
late the conduct, management, working and mainten-
ance of any such telegraph line, and any such fees,
rates, dues, or regulations from time to time to
increase or lower, repeal, alter, or vary respectively,
and direct and make such others as may be deemed
expedient; and that such fees, rates, and dues may
be legally recovered; and such regulations shall have
the force of law when published in the Government
Gazette of the Colony :

And whereas by an Order in Council duly made
and issued, bearing date the eleventh day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the
Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the
said recited power and authority, fix and deter-
mine the fees, rates, or dues to be demanded or
received for the transmission of any such despatches,
messages, or communications by means of any line
of telegraph which has been or hereafter shall be
established or purchased under the powers conferred
by the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to
revoke the said Order in Council, and to fix a new
tariff of charges:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the powers vested in him by the herein-
before recited Act, doth, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, revoke the
said Order in Council of the eleventh day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and doth
hereby fix and determine that the fees, rates, and dues
specified in the Schedule hereto shall be the fees,
rates, and dues to be demanded and received for the
transmission of despatches, messages, and com-
munications, and the delivery thereof respectively by
such lines of telegraph as aforesaid; and doth further
declare that this order shall take effect on and after
the first day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.

SCHEDULE.
Tariff of Charges for the transmission of Telegrams
on the Lines of Electric Telegraph belonging to the
General Government of New Zealand.

UNIVERSAL TARIFF.
FROM any Station in New Zealand to any other
Station in New Zealand having continuous telegraphic
communication therewith-
For the first ten words or fraction of ten s. d.
words
2 6
For each additional five words or frac-
tion of five words after the first ten 0 6

PRESS TARIFF.
For Press Telegrams from any Station in New.
Zealand to any other Station in New Zealand having
continuous telegraphic communication therewith:-
s. d.
For the first ten words 1 6
For every additional ten words or fraction
of ten words after the first ten words 0 6

In the case of telegrams of any kind requiring to
be delivered beyond one mile from the Station to
which they are addressed and transmitted, or on ship-
board, or on the water or across the water, further
charges will be made as provided by the general regu-
lations and conditions for the time being in force in
relation thereto.
Minimum charge, ten words. By Press Telegram
is meant intelligence transmitted for bond fide publi-
cation in the regular newspapers and journals.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.